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Nov 16

Middlebury Quidditch Media Roundup

Claiming the 4th Quidditch World Cup, here’s a quick take at how the media whirlwind took on the weekend festivities. Add any more articles, photos, etc. to the comments.

New York Magazine | Muggles Take Manhattan for the Quidditch World Cup – “Middlebury is sporting blue soccer jerseys with matching athletic shorts. They look like an athletic team. Tufts is wearing T-shirts over a ragtag collection of shorts and tights. They look like a fan club getting some exercise.”

Wired | Quidditch World Cup Seeks Wizardry’s Best – “In all, 46 teams arrived in New York for the chance to snag the first-place trophy from Middlebury College, the defending champions and prohibitive favorite going into the tourney”

GOOD.is | Quidditch takes Manhattan – “Laura Budd, a 21-year-old Middlebury beater, is undecided. ‘Quidditch started on a whim as a way to work off your hangover on a Sunday morning. You can be silly like kids. It could lose its magic.’”

Techland | Quidditch World Cup Diary Day 1 and 2 – “As the defending champions, they spoke with the confident humility of a winner: a lot of great teams, we need to play them all hard, etc. “We’re going to have to lose eventually,” said one. “We just hope it’s not today.”

WPIX 11 | Middlebury College Takes Quidditch World Cup – “…the New York Yankees of Quidditch, Middlebury College.”

Tufts Daily | Holy snitch: Tufflepuffs stun Quidditch community, finish second at World Cup – “Though the extra 30 points that came with the Snitch’s capture only cut the deficit in Middlebury’s 100-50 win, simply being in the finals was far more than the Tufflepuffs expected.”

DNAinfo | Middlebury takes gold at Midtown’s Quidditch World Cup – “Adrienne Losch, 20, a junior at Middlebury and a member of the victorious team, credited her team’s 100-to-20 victory over Tufts to plenty of experience. ‘Quidditich started at Middlebury so we’ve had time to figure out the winning strategies,’ said Losch, who said the experience would rank among the highlights of her college career.”

CBS | Quidditch World Cup Held in N.Y.

NY Daily News |

Oct 12

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In Town This Weekend? Head to Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam!

The work is tough and our stamina is waning. With each passing night, my hammock and Otter Creek pumpkin ale growler cry to me louder from the closet. But never fear, my baby birds, fall break is almost upon us!

For the loiterers around town this weekend: consider heading over to the Vermont 3.0 Tech Jam, a free (ooh!) tech and job expo this Friday and Saturday at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington. Over 60 local creative, tech, green, and bioscience companies will be showcasing their work, and promoting job and internship opportunities for young people interested in media and technology.

Hiba Fakhoury ’09 of Ask Hiba fame in fact received a job offer at this event in 2008, levying a connection with a Midd alum to secure a position as software engineer at Pragmatic Technologies, Inc. She returned to Tech Jam the following year to recruit for the company.

Over e-mail, Hiba provided the following advice:

…do some research on the companies that are present, what positions they are hiring for (if any), and what technologies they are working on. I say that because it can be a little overwhelming when you’re there to figure out who to talk to. Plus you can make more of an impression on an employer at the event if you know something about their company (as opposed to saying “tell me about your company”).

I’d definitely recommend to take multiple copies of your resume, and to dress as you would for an interview. I have gotten emails from companies I met at the event a year or so later when they were looking to hire. I would also make sure to keep everyone’s contact information and to try and contact them after the event.

Wise words! If you’re interested in the concept of working for money, or — for the more noble among us — for the experience, it’s definitely an event worth checking out. For more information, see the website here.

A video from the 2008 event:

(via Seven Days)

Feb 10

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Ron on NPR

Late this afternoon, President Ron Liebowitz made an “appearance” on NPR’s Talk of the Nation alongside Claudio Sanchez, NPR national education correspondent. In case you missed it, you can listen to it online.

Jan 21

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Obama, the day after

But here’s a whirlwind mashup of various Obama-media:

Sarah F. Update: CNN.com is reporting that President Obama has retaken the oath.

Oct 29

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Quidditch Media 2008

Following MiddBlog’s liveblogging of the Quidditch World Cup 2008 (and audio clips, photos too) the first round of Quidditch media is rolling in:

  1. A video from Eva Sollberger, StuckinVT over at 7Days.
  2. Next, a WCAX special on Quidditch:
  3. MadsVassar does a post on Vassar’s second place finish.
  4. The Middlebury Campus gets in on the action!
  5. And the AddyIndy too!
  6. Juggling Club:
  7. Mountain Ayres and Fire Bubbles:
  8. Snitches in Action:
  9. Zimbio.com has some photographs too.
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